Wednesday, December 30, 2009

A OLD DUTCH FAMILY BIBLE FOR THE TEN KATE FAMILY. IT INCLUDES PAGES OF WHAT APPEAR TO BE SUBSCRIBER'S NAMES AND THEIR TOWNS - NAAMLIJST INTEEKENAREN. GENEALOGY FOR THE FOLLOWING: CORNELIUS TEN KATE b 1879 AND HIS WIFE ANNETJE b 1884. IT APPEARS THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1905. THEIR CHILDREN'S NAMES APPEAR TO BE BIJGJE, JENIGJE, AND JOHANNES. AN INSERTED NEWSPAPER CLIPPING DETAILS THE CELEBRATION OF THEIR 50th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. THEY LIST THE ATENDEES AND GIFTS. THEIR CHILDREN ARE LISTED BY THEIR MORE AMERICAN SOUNDING NAMES - JEANETTE TEN KATE - SKIPPER ANSD JAMES TEN KATE. THE FIRST CHILD SEEMS TO HAVE DIED IN 1918. THE TEN KATE FAMILY LIVED IN MIDLAND PARK, NJ

Saturday, December 05, 2009

This Bible was published in 1857 by Jesper Harding & Son of Philadelphia. Previous owners have recorded their genealogy. This Bible contains marriage and birth information for the family of James R Bourne of New Bedford. The first marriage record is for James R Bourne of New Bedford of New Bedford to Isabella Staples in September 1858. There is also a record of the marriage of Henry and Anne, Edward and Annie. There also is birth dates for James, Isabella, Edward, Henry, Richard and Margaret. There are dates of death for Richard, James and Edward.